Stages of the Holocaust

Boycott of Jewish Businesses

Jan 30, 1933

Hitler announces a boycott of all jewish businesses. This isolates Jews both socially and economically from German society.

Nuremburg Laws

Nov 26, 1935

Laws are passed depriving German Jews of their citizenship and banning marriages between Jews and non-Jews. All Jews forced to wear a yellow Star of David so they can be easily identified.

Kristallnacht

Nov 10, 1938

On November 10, 1938, Nazi officials unlease a savage nationwide campaign of terror against Germany's Jewish population. Many Jews are killed and hundreds of Jewish shops and synagogues are destroyed. 30,000 Jews are arrested and sent to prison camps.

Jewish Ghettos

May 8, 1939

Ghettos, or confined areas within a city, are established in occupied eastern Europe. Jews from throughout Europe are forced from their homes and required to live in ghettos.

Deportations throughout Europe

Period: Jan 1, 1942 to Jan 1, 1945

Nazis systematically round up Jews throughout Europe and transport them to death camps in Eastern Europe.

Final Solution

Period: Jan 1, 1942 to Jan 1, 1945

Nazi officialss agree to move forward with a plan to kill all European Jews. Death camps are built specifically for this purpose; deportations of Jews throughout Europe begins. Six millions Jews are killed.

Liberation

Period: Jan 1, 1944 to Jan 1, 1945

Allied troops liberate, or free, approximately 300,000 Jews from the concentration and death camps.